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I was up at the Lodge this past weekend with some of the good folks from Rock Ridge Offroad (the local Jeep club that does all the trail clearing and maintenance for us...) as they did a bunch of mowing and other prep work for the event. The field will have to be mowed again, but it should be...

The connector (Dorman or other manufacturer) is a standard stock item, so you can actually pick them up at your local parts store in the lighting section if you don't order them with the rest of the parts...

Somewhere on this site is a thread from back when I did this swap with Hella H4's to everything in my yard... (M38, M37, XM813, M816, M817, VW... you get the idea...if it has round headlights and I own it, it runs a set of e-code Hellas...). I've been running them since 1997 or so... I...

The current plan is to use a range that is on the farm property, but down the road a bit from the actual rally site. I've got to get some info to SCSG-G4 this weekend so that he can assure himself that it is up to his standards... (he's agreed to be my range officer-THANKS MIKE!) Assuming that...

Dan Pinkham is the guy who did it. Lives over near Monroe... He did a writeup in MV Magazine back when David Ahl owned it... I don't think that he is on this site, but I suspect that I could find his contact info...

Just a quick reminder that we don't have cell phone coverage around the Lodge or the camping area... So bring your CB, military radio, or FRS radio... Most common trail communications device is a CB, but we use them all... Frequencies/Channels used will be posted at the registration tent.

Mike, when you arrive, make sure that we take you over to the "Goodall Place" so that you can check out the firing range... Before we use it, we need to make sure it is up to your standards. ;)

I grew up in Lynchburg (Central VA), but have family located between Charlottesville and Washington, DC. They own a large farm/resort in Madison County that backs up to the Shenandoah National Park We have a rally and trailrides on the farm each year over the Labor Day weekend. The thread for...

I received a box of goodies yesterday from Rick Sultan at http://www.dodgepowerwagongear.com/ for use as prizes. He's donated some really nice stuff this year. :)

Forgot to mention... We will have a non-pork option on the menu for Saturday night. Most likely chicken since that seemed to work well last year along with the Eastern NC Style BBQ and the vegies...

A buddy of mine hooked the surge brakes up on his M101 years ago... It was pretty easy, if I remember correctly, since the drums/shoes/backing plates are the same as on a M37 (he removed the mechanical parking brake linkage and installed the wheel cylinders off a M37). Not sure of the exact...

The good news is that the hog cooker is in great shape (the equipment...). I'm still trying to figure out what I am going to be driving on the trails...so that I can get whatever it is trail ready... Good news, as always, is that we will have access to the heavy truck shop at the farm in case...

I've hade a few M116 trailers with a pair of MEP-002s on them, but have long since sold them (but could visit them for measurements if needed). Had a M101A1 with a MEP-003 in it (with the M37 gas tank slung underneath) that no longer has the genset or tank, etc. Sold the genset, put the tank...

A few shots from the July 4th trail maintenance weekend... A couple showing trail conditions after they had been cleared, the new picnic table at the Devil's Backbone Trail Overlook, the view from the picnic table (too much haze to see much), the view from a spot lower down on the mountain...

Wonderful! Bring all your friends (including the one that has a hard time reading a calendar...) :)

I started a new thread for this year's event and put in an update (Steve and his crew have been hard at work clearing and expanding upon the trails). The 2015 Va Rally at Graves Mountain thread is located at...

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are having the Graves Mountain MV Trailrides and Rally again this year. As always, it will be over the Labor Day weekend… September 3-7, 2015. Older civilian vehicles are welcome as well as anything Military. The website is...

It truly will be. BMan, aka Chuck, has turned in his papers and will be retiring from his State job in August. I suspect that I will have to get the folks at the Lodge to make us an appropriate cake... ;)

We will miss you... It's always fun seeing what you bring and chatting about your most recent projects. Hopefully, we'll see you in 2016... :)

RickF, you do know that the rally is September 3-7, 2015... It looks to me that: If you retired in August, your last day would be Friday the 28th. If you retired in September, your last day would be Wednesday the 30th. Unless you use some different kind of calendar up there in NJ...or I...